Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Minzespitze
English translation:
mint tips
German term
United States
Literature & Scholarship
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: French to English, English, German to English
Minzespitze
to be distinguished from sprigs of mint, which also make an appearance in the document (cocktail recipes, with the mint being used as a garnish)
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May 18, 2009 10:43: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Marketing"
May 31, 2009 06:09: lindaellen (X) Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
mint tips
This website offers chocolate mint tips. I have never never used the expression or just the tips, but I, as a native speaker, understand the term perfectly and don't find it so strange, considering "asperagus tips" and the like.
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Helen Shiner
: I should think it is a reference to the baby mint leaves at the top of each stem, which gardeners pull out to arrest growth upwards and encourage wider growth patterns. They will be the most tender and probably most flavoursome leaves.
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Kerstin Green
: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/recipes/3305334/Swee...
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Inge Meinzer
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Ingrid Moore
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Lonnie Legg
: My guess is with Helen (whom I'll thank for generously adding to my plant harvesting knowledge)--whole delicate (baby?) leaves--as with tea (tippy="leaf tips of the young, tender tea leaf bud"/www.teamerchants.com/MyPages/glossary.aspx) .
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mint leaves
Note that mint leaves change their taste quite quickly once they are cut up; so it might make a difference whether one uses whole or cut leaves.
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